Snow is forecast to begin falling around midnight Saturday and continue into Sunday night.

A band of heavy snow could leave behind 6 to 9 inches in central areas from Taylorville to Danville.

Some areas north of Peoria could get 4 to 6 inches.

Forecasters expect a mixture of snow and rain south of I-70.

In Champaign, the city's Public Works Department says it will have work crews on duty starting at midnight, Saturday night, to begin treating streets in advance of the snow, or plowing the snow once it's fallen. The city is asking Champaign residents to keep city streets free of parked vehicles for the time bieng, to so that plowing efforts can go ahead unhindered.

With temperatures near or just above freezing, the storm is expected to produce so-called "heart attack snow'' that is very wet and difficult to shovel.